New Tartan to Benefit Black Watch Heritage Appeal

**BEEDEE** · 5th January 10, 03:23 PM

I like the way the red modifies the regular black Watch sett. Very nice tartan, IMO.

Brian

**ScottEPooh** · 7th January 10, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by BEEDEE

I like the way the red modifies the regular black Watch sett. Very nice tartan, IMO.

Brian

I agree. It looks good to add a little colour to Black Watch, imHo

**longhuntr74** · 5th January 10, 04:38 PM

I like it alot too...especially on the model!!

**GDub** · 5th January 10, 05:18 PM

Very nice legs... I mean tartan!

**derosa** · 7th January 10, 11:27 PM

Not bad looking, I could take her and leave it.

**Noel Christian Riddell** · 7th January 10, 11:38 PM

Great-looking tartan now that I see it outside of the swatch photos.

**Paul** · 8th January 10, 02:57 AM

I saw a different picture in the Scotsman that hardly showed the full tartan sett... I googled it when I got home and the tartan looks alright, I prefer the original colours & sett of Black Watch, though.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 8th January 10, 04:55 AM

I rather agree that if one wanted to wear a tartan in honor of the Black Watch, most would simply choose the Black Watch tartan. However, I wish them luck.

For those that have commented that the Black Watch tartan looks good "with a bit of color added," there are a host of tartans that have been created by simply adding various colored stripes to the Black Watch.

Those that come immediately to mind:
Gordon
Forbes
Lamont
MacKenzie
Robertson Hunting
Farquarson
Scottish National

There are, of course, many others.

**figheadair** · 8th January 10, 06:48 AM

I echo the comments about why would someone want to use this sett when the wearing the Government sett, plus Regimental Tie if entitled, would already show one’s allegiance to the Black Watch.

From a technical design point of view this sett just doesn’t do it for me. There's nothing really unique about it and it could easliy be confused with a number of existing designs madded to which, there is no point in have two shades of red in different overstripes as the difference will hardly be noticeable. I’m also not sure that it could be protected from a commercial stand point as the sett, albeit with one shade of red, already exists although not in the public domain.

**Kiltman** · 9th January 10, 12:02 PM

A really lovely tartan! For once I think the photo with the young woman gets in the way of seeing the tartan. Now that's saying a lot for a 'registered dirty old man'!